9 ideas
9254 | In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard] |
16766 | One thing needs a single thing to unite it; if there were two forms, something must unite them [Aquinas] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
9256 | I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard] |
9257 | The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard] |
9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |